MÖssbauer milliprobe studies of small mineral samples with a silicon drift detector

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 485-491

  Ruskov, Todor ^a   Spirov, Ivan ^a   Green II, Harry W ^b   Kovacheva, Daniela ^c   Tzvetkov, Peter ^c   Georgieva, Milena ^d   Dobrzhinetskaya, Larissa ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Milliprobe; M ssbauer spectroscopy; Silicon drift detector; Synthetic perovskites

Indexed keywords

GARNETS; NONMETALS; SILICA; SILICON;

MILLIPROBE; MINERAL SAMPLES; SILICON DRIFT DETECTOR; SYNTHETIC PEROVSKITES;

SILICATE MINERALS;

COMBUSTION; ION MICROPROBE; MINERAL SYNTHESIS; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; PEROVSKITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 52549101710     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: 14322021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00269-008-0243-5     Document Type: Article

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